Ships shown as registered at Tralee in the Mercantile Navy List for 1940

British ships were registered at one of hundreds of ports of registry around Britain and what were then British colonies.

This page is an index of ships by their port of registry using data from the contemporary official sources such as the Mercantile Navy List (MNL) and the Appropriation Books.

For each port, it shows first a count of the entries by year. For a year selected from that list, it shows ship names and official numbers, sorted first by name, then by official number, with other details such as date of registration, and rig. For each record, links are provided to images of the source documents and to other data items such as holdings of crew lists.

For a full explanation of the records of British shipping, please see our information page, here: Records of British ships

How to search for ships by port

As described above, first select the port, then the year from the table of counts of ships.

For some ports, where there were other ports nearby, ships may have been registered at one of those ports. Where this is a possibility, the form provides facilities to switch to one of the other ports, or to see data for all the ports together.

Reading the results

The results show the names of ships registered at the port according to the records for that year. For record sets after 1855, the ship's official number is shown. The results show any other details from the source, and the exact reference for the source so that you can see where our information came from. The  icon links to images of the source.

For the pre-1857 data drawn from BT 111 and BT 162, there is a link on the right hand side Data post 1855 which will search the CLIP data for later years by name and port, looking for possible matches in the period 1855 to 1870. Beware! Because there were no official numbers for this period, these are only tentative suggestions, not exact matches. Some common names could result in many possibilities!

For post-1857 data, which has official numbers, there are also links to show holdings of crew lists for that ship, using the Maritime History Archive index and our own CLIP index.

The 'More...' link will show all the information that we have for that official number.

The records are initially sorted by the ship's name. For the pre-1857 records, the records can be sorted by year and number of registration; for the post-1857 data, they can be sorted by official number. To change the sort, click the small icon next to the column heading.

For data from BT 111 and 1850 (BT 162), there is a final column, Port no/PR no, shows port number and port rotation number combinations for that ship, which we have recorded or have interpolated from crew list records for the period 1845 to 1854 in BT 98 at TNA. These numbers were used in the records of seafarers such as BT 113 and BT 124.

For more details of port numbers, see Port numbers . For more details of port rotation numbers, see Port rotation numbers

The entries are colour coded.  nn/nnn  indicates data drawn from BT 98.  nn/nnn  indicates data interpolated from BT 98 data. Blank entries indicate where we have no data and are not able to interpolate data reliably, for example registrations pre-1845. Many early (and some post-1853) registrations may never have been allocated a port rotation number.

The link next to the data goes to the main port rotation numbers page for that registration.

Our thanks to James Canney for suggesting adding the port rotation number data.

Data sources

The sources of the data are:

Please see our general information page CLIP data for details on sources, methodology, the abbreviations we have used, and our acknowledgements.

Be aware! CLIP data is transcribed 'as seen' - we have not tried to interpret or correct it (but see note about BT 111 in the Data sources section). Where we have doubts about an item, or have edited it, we mark it with a  ? .

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ANGELUS BELL1288441933, Auxilliary motor, page 447 View entry for ANGELUS BELL in MNL 1940, page 447 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 899 View entry for ANGELUS BELL in MNL 1940, page 899 
BRIDGET128841Sail, Nobby View entry for BRIDGET in MNL 1940, page 921 MHACLIPMore...
CARRIGAFOYLE1561981933, Auxilliary motor, page 494 View entry for CARRIGAFOYLE in MNL 1940, page 494 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Schooner, page 933 View entry for CARRIGAFOYLE in MNL 1940, page 933 
COULIN120774Sail, Nobby View entry for COULIN in MNL 1940, page 946 MHACLIPMore...
CROMPTON1288471912, Auxilliary motor, page 514 View entry for CROMPTON in MNL 1940, page 514 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Fore and A, page 947 View entry for CROMPTON in MNL 1940, page 947 
ERIN'S ISLE OF SMERWICK1283541920, Auxilliary motor, page 549 View entry for ERIN'S ISLE OF SMERWICK in MNL 1940, page 549 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Smack, page 977 View entry for ERIN'S ISLE OF SMERWICK in MNL 1940, page 977 
FAINLE1561951930, Auxilliary motor, page 556 View entry for FAINLE in MNL 1940, page 556 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, page 983 View entry for FAINLE in MNL 1940, page 983 
GERALDINE QUEEN143250Sail, Nobby View entry for GERALDINE QUEEN in MNL 1940, page 1003 MHACLIPMore...
GROVE1522611929, Auxilliary motor, page 585 View entry for GROVE in MNL 1940, page 585 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Cutter, page 1010 View entry for GROVE in MNL 1940, page 1010 
IVERAGH QUEEN1356291921, Auxilliary motor, page 614 View entry for IVERAGH QUEEN in MNL 1940, page 614 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Nobby, page 1034 View entry for IVERAGH QUEEN in MNL 1940, page 1034 
KERRYMORE1356301921, Steam View entry for KERRYMORE in MNL 1940, page 205 MHACLIPMore...
LEO124301Sail, Lugger View entry for LEO in MNL 1940, page 1068 MHACLIPMore...
LIBERATOR DON128845Sail, Nobby View entry for LIBERATOR DON in MNL 1940, page 1069 MHACLIPMore...
LONDUBH1561921930, Auxilliary motor, page 660 View entry for LONDUBH in MNL 1940, page 660 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, page 1075 View entry for LONDUBH in MNL 1940, page 1075 
MADONNA124304Sail, Nobby View entry for MADONNA in MNL 1940, page 1087 MHACLIPMore...
MAJESTIC120771Sail, Nobby View entry for MAJESTIC in MNL 1940, page 1089 MHACLIPMore...
MANX GIRL678681924, Auxilliary motor, page 674 View entry for MANX GIRL in MNL 1940, page 674 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Nobby, page 1092 View entry for MANX GIRL in MNL 1940, page 1092 
MARY124303Sail, Nobby View entry for MARY in MNL 1940, page 1098 MHACLIPMore...
MARY BERNADETTE1288501913, Auxilliary motor, page 682 View entry for MARY BERNADETTE in MNL 1940, page 682 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Nobby, page 1098 View entry for MARY BERNADETTE in MNL 1940, page 1098 
MARY IMMACULATE128831Sail, Nobby View entry for MARY IMMACULATE in MNL 1940, page 1099 MHACLIPMore...
NAOM MAIREAD1356341927, Auxilliary motor, page 709 View entry for NAOM MAIREAD in MNL 1940, page 709 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Lugger, page 1119 View entry for NAOM MAIREAD in MNL 1940, page 1119 
NAOMH FLANNAN1561971932, Auxilliary motor, page 710 View entry for NAOMH FLANNAN in MNL 1940, page 710 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Lugger, page 1120 View entry for NAOMH FLANNAN in MNL 1940, page 1120 
NAOMH ROISIN1522571927, Auxilliary motor, page 710 View entry for NAOMH ROISIN in MNL 1940, page 710 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 1120 View entry for NAOMH ROISIN in MNL 1940, page 1120 
NAOMH TREASA1561931929, Auxilliary motor, page 710 View entry for NAOMH TREASA in MNL 1940, page 710 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, page 1120 View entry for NAOMH TREASA in MNL 1940, page 1120 
NAOV LIAM128838Sail, Nobby View entry for NAOV LIAM in MNL 1940, page 1120 MHACLIPMore...
NAOV SEAGHAN1522581928, Auxilliary motor, page 710 View entry for NAOV SEAGHAN in MNL 1940, page 710 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Lugger, page 1120 View entry for NAOV SEAGHAN in MNL 1940, page 1120 
OCEAN STAR1201121913, Auxilliary motor, page 723 View entry for OCEAN STAR in MNL 1940, page 723 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Nobby, page 1134 View entry for OCEAN STAR in MNL 1940, page 1134 
PREMIER99513Sail, Dandy View entry for PREMIER in MNL 1940, page 1154 MHACLIPMore...
PRIDE OF THE WEST1356311924, Auxilliary motor, page 753 View entry for PRIDE OF THE WEST in MNL 1940, page 753 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Ketch, page 1157 View entry for PRIDE OF THE WEST in MNL 1940, page 1157 
PURSUE1394271926, Auxilliary motor, page 756 View entry for PURSUE in MNL 1940, page 756 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Dandy, page 1159 View entry for PURSUE in MNL 1940, page 1159 
SAINT BENEDICT1288361912, Auxilliary motor, page 790 View entry for SAINT BENEDICT in MNL 1940, page 790 MHACLIPMore...
Auxilliary motor, Nobby, page 1181 View entry for SAINT BENEDICT in MNL 1940, page 1181 
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